previous monthly muffins 8/16, gluten-free blueberry buttermilk muffins || 6/16, blackberry almond muffins || 2/16, vegan ginger muffins My first year in college, a friend of mine wanted to show me around Los Angeles, so we drove all over, exploring his favorite places (ie., his favorite date spots…) One of the places we visited, a

previous cold-weather monthly muffins: 9/16, whole wheat english muffins || 2/16, vegan ginger muffins || 12/15, gluten-free sweet potato muffins || 11/15, pumpkin streusel muffins I’ve never considered myself finnicky or picky as an eater, but every once in a while I come across something I don’t particularly want to eat again. Not

When I moved home last summer, I decided I really wanted to start learning to cook. That is, actively learning all the techniques, collecting recipes, and becoming more acquainted with the kitchen, rather than just knowing how to use my oven. And I really wanted to make bread. I had actually been wanting to

previous monthly muffins 11/15, whole-wheat pumpkin streusel muffins || 1/16, muffin history || 3/16, muffins versus cupcakes || 7/16, english muffins Many people claim that North Carolina summers last until October, but the mornings and evenings are already feeling less like that place where my upper arm meets my ribcage and more like autumn. And

previous monthly muffins 11/15, pumpkin streusel | | 12/15, gluten-free sweet potato | | 1/16, muffin history | | 2/16, vegan ginger muffins Muffins and cupcakes are not the same thing. There may be plenty of overlap in recipe or preparation: both use chemical leavening (baking soda/powder), and you can make either with butter. A

previous monthly muffins: 11/15, pumpkin streusel | | 12/15, gluten-free sweet potato | | 1/16, muffin history It’s the month of loooooove, and I am in looooooooooooove with ginger. Last year I made a ginger sugar cookie, a ginger-flavored and turmeric-colored cookie completely different from the typical molasses cookie. While working on the first few monthly muffins last

previous monthly muffins: 11/15, pumpkin streusel | | 12/15, gluten-free sweet potato It’s easy to say that muffins were “invented,” but in fact, they weren’t. Bread was invented. When and how bread came to be is an entirely different blog post. Bread is a universal food, and everything from doughnuts to muffins to biscuits to